Archive for November, 2010


  • Weird Taranaki Cloud - November 30th, 2010 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | No Comments

    • Addendum added at end of this post on  20 Dec 2010 Lesley of New Plymouth recently sent in some cloud images taken by cellphone at New Plymouth.  They were taken at around 7:50am on Thursday 18 November 2010 and look a bit like someone or something had been slicing the clouds.  The first, below, was [...]

  • Myth-busting ultraviolet radiation - November 15th, 2010 , Written By: admin | No Comments

    • Written by Wayde Beckman from the Health Sponsorship Council, on 11 November 2010 Who would have thought in November, when temperatures struggle to get over 20 degrees in some New Zealand places, that ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels are already high enough to cause sunburn and put Kiwis at risk of developing melanoma skin cancer? You [...]

  • Cold Windy Friday - November 4th, 2010 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | No Comments

    • Check the weather forecast before heading out to that fireworks show.

  • Verification of Severe Weather Warnings - November 2nd, 2010 , Written By: Peter Kreft | No Comments

    • This blog post is the third in a three-part series discussing verification of MetService forecasts. Here, we present the method used for verifying Severe Weather Warnings, along with some recent examples. Verification Scheme The statistical method of verifying Severe Weather Warnings is similar to that used for verifying rainfall in city forecasts. That is, a [...]

  • Verification of Maximum and Minimum Temperature in City Forecasts - November 2nd, 2010 , Written By: Peter Kreft | 4 Comments

    • This blog post is the second in a three-part series discussing verification of MetService forecasts. Here, we present the method used for verifying maximum and minimum temperature in city forecasts, along with some recent examples. Verification Scheme Four times daily (around 11:15am, 4:15pm, 10:50pm and 3:45am) MetService issues city forecasts for more than 40 locations. [...]

  • Verification of Rainfall in City Forecasts - November 2nd, 2010 , Written By: Peter Kreft | 2 Comments

    • This blog post is the first in a three-part series discussing verification of MetService forecasts. Here, we present the method used for verifying rainfall in city forecasts, along with some recent examples. Verification Scheme Four times daily (around 11:15am, 4:15pm, 10:50pm and 3:45am) MetService issues city forecasts for more than 40 locations. Currently, for 32 [...]

   

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